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    hen with sore red feet from too much wet weather

    I have 4 hens that get swollen red feet when we have a lot of rain. The water pools on the ground so there is nowhere dry for them to go as they dont choose to go into their shed during the day. I dont know what to do and is it normal for them to get sore feet if wet for too long?
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    Do hens like the rain?

    My 4 girls are out in the rain and do not seek shelter. It is not cold but is raining a lot. My question is will it hurt them to be wet all the time and when they go in at night to roost they will be wet. I doubt they will dry out over night so will it be harmful to be wet for a length of time...
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    How do you prepare oatmeal?

    How do you prepare oatmeal for your chickens? I read that they love it. Do you give porridge oats or fine oatmeal, cooked or raw? Being in Australia we may have different terms for these things.
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    if eggs are laid every 25 hours....

    I read on a link here that it takes 25 hours for a new egg to be laid. What happens when that 25th hour occurs in the night hours when it is pitch black in the hen house? Do they wait till light or do they find their way in the dark to the nest box and lay it? Can hens see in the dark or are...
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    Apple cider vinegar and garlic

    I read recently that I should put 1 dessertspoon of apple cider vinegar and crushed garlic in my girls water everyday for health. Is this so and can I overdo it by using it daily and how do these help them?
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    size of combs and egglaying

    Is the size of my girls combs indicative of age? My girls are just over 22 weeks old and they all have different body characteristics. All are the same breed but one has nearly no tail and a tiny comb. She also looks less mature. I think that the eggs we have had are from the hen with the...
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    My girls have stopped eating their food.

    Hi, I have had my 4 girls for 3 months and while I was away for a month we had 8 tiny eggs on consecutive days. I come back and find that the feed had got wet as the person looking after them had left lid off container and the feed went off. I bought new feed from another supplier and they wont...
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    hello from Australia

    Hi, from Australia. I am new to chicken keeping and have 4 girls, their names are Myrtle, Lula, Esme and Ava. They are either Australorp/New Hampshire or Rhode Island red/New hampshire. (So the breeder said) They were 10 weeks old when we got them and are now 22 weeks old. I have some questions...
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